884 MINNESOTA BOTANICAL STUDIES. 



STACHYS L. Sp. PL 580. 1753. 



Stachys aryensis L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 814. 1763. 



Very common about Honolulu, along the street, and in culti- 

 vated ground, 



March 29 (2034); original locality, " in Europae arvis." 



SOLANACEAE. 



CAPSICUM L. Sp. PL 188. 1753. 



Capsicum frutescens L. Sp. PL 189. 1753. 



Cultivated at Honolulu, and occasionally found as an escape. 

 Several bushes were found on the slopes of Makiki. 



March 29 (2086); original locality, "in Indiis." 



LYCIUM L. Sp. PL 191. 1753. 



Lycium sandwiceiise A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6:44. 1863. 



Plentiful on an old lava flow beyond Diamond Head, Oahu. 

 It nourishes at a distance of several hundred feet from the sea, 

 but even at that distance the salt spray is brought to it by the 

 wind. It is also found at other places in low ground along the 

 coast. 



April 8 (2093); from the original locality, "Sandwich Is- 

 lands, on Diamond Hill, Oahu, near Honolulu." 



LYCOPERSICUM Hill. Veg. Syst. 9:32. 1765. 



Lyeopersicum esculeutum Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 2. 



1768. 



The tomato is found in the wild state on both Oahu and 

 Kauai. It is plentiful about Punchbowl, and was noticed high 

 up in pasture land above Waimea, Kauai. The fruit is small, 

 usually not more than an inch in diameter, and never takes the 

 irregular forms which it does in cultivation. 



March 25 (1998). 



MCOTIANA L. Sp. PL 180. 1753. 



Nicotiana glauca R. Grah. Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. 175. 1828. 



A small, soft- wooded tree, which is not uncommon about 

 Honolulu, especially along the water front. The flowers are 

 numerous, pale yellow. 



March 27 (2016). 



